Chit fund scam: CBI files charge-sheet against six

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against six directors of Win <g data-gr-id="18">Realcon</g>, a company facing probe in chit fund scam, for allegedly cheating thousands of investors of their money by promising high returns on their deposits.

CBI sources said the charge-sheet has been filed against six directors of Win <g data-gr-id="20">Realcon</g> – <g data-gr-id="21">Mahitosh</g> Ganguly, Ranabir Das, Raju Dey, Rajib Debnath, Joy Bhowmick, and Partha Pratim Roy – under IPC sections related to cheating and violation of Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme banning Act, 1978.

The two companies – Win <g data-gr-id="17">Realcon</g> and WRL  Consultancy – have also been named in the charge-sheet.

This is the 16th charge-sheet filed in the chit fund scam which spread across four states-West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Tripura.

So far, the CBI had filed charge-sheets indicting Madan Mitra and others namely Saradha owner <g data-gr-id="19">Sudipto</g> Sen, suspended Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh and others. The companies running the alleged schemes defaulted on payment as they had diverted the money into other businesses.